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Lady with a Lantern

By: Kay Parley

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Lady With a Lantern is an eye-opener for anyone who was neither patient nor staff in “the big mental” hospital. Kay Parley was both and she can light the way. The author uses journal, narrative and short story to convey a range of emotion from despair and violence to hope and fun. She provides an understanding of the variety of creative therapies used when the Saskatchewan Hospital at Weyburn was named the most improved mental hospital in North America. There will be times you’ll feel lucky you weren’t there and there will be times you’ll wish you were. You get a clear sense that the hallmark of psychiatry is the unpredictable. Kay Parley has written an entertaining and valuable piece of Saskatchewan history which has too often been neglected and misunderstood.

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Benchmark Press

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0978287622

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9780978287627

A Succinct Statement of the Kaffer's Case: Comprising Facts

By: Stephen Kay

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A Succinct Statement of the Kaffer's Case: Comprising Facts

By: Stephen Kay

Reprint of the original, first published in 1837.

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3385612357

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One Woman's Century

The Collected Essays of Kay Parley

By: Kay Parley

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One Woman's Century

The Collected Essays of Kay Parley

By: Kay Parley

A remarkable, one-of-a-kind collection. Filled with insight, anecdotes, and fascinating snapshots from the past, ONE WOMAN'S CENTURY is a celebration of the life and work of iconic Saskatchewan author Kay Parley, covering the full scope of her work from 1938 all the way to 2024. That’s 86 years of her writing! At the age of 101, Kay is still going strong, with a regular column in Folklore Magazine and the Wolseley Bulletin. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Inside the Mental: Silence, Stigma, Psychiatry, and LSD about her time at the Weyburn Mental Institute in the 1950s, first as a patient, and then as a psychiatric nurse, and of the magical novel The Grass People about a world tucked out of sight beneath the leafy plants and tall grass we walk by every day, as well as the dark mystery The Monkey Vault. In 2019, Kay Parley was the subject of an award winning documentary, A Mind of Her Own, by filmmaker Judith Silverthorne. A talented painter, educator, and author, Kay worked with Lorne Greene at CBC Radio and taught sociology for many years at the Kelsey Institute in Saskatoon. ONE WOMAN’S CENTURY is the first comprehensive collection of her work, spanning the Dust Bowl of the Great Depression to the climate change of today. Timely, heart-felt and endlessly fascinating.

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FriesenPress

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1038304881

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9781038304889

Keeper of the Mythos Gate

By: Kay Kenyon

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Keeper of the Mythos Gate

By: Kay Kenyon

The powerful conclusion to The Arisen Wolrds, a four-book series! Yevliesza is no longer alone. In her adopted land, people call her their savior. For a vast army of demonic engines is massing and, in the crossings between the worlds, only Yevliesza can stop them. Amid this vital mission, her heart still belongs to Valenty, who has sworn to find her again across a chasm of war and duty. But she has a dilemma. If she uses her rare power to block the invaders at the Gates, she risks bringing the arisen worlds to ruin. Her only hope is to unlock the deeper secrets of the Mythos crossings. She has no time to lose. The sorceress Nashavety is coming home. Accompanying an army of conquest, she will wield an immense and ancient magic—a legacy of the origin world, Earth. For ages, that power has rested in fitful sleep. Soon it will awaken. coming of age; fantasy saga; hidden power; lost magic; hidden realms; medieval realm; dark magic; magic gate; warlike realms; female protagonist; sorcery; slow burn romance; world threatening forces; myth world; powerful lord; fantasy romance action adventure

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Winterset Books

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9798988401124

The Darkest Road

By: Guy Gavriel Kay

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The Darkest Road

By: Guy Gavriel Kay

Five men and women from our world face a battle with an evil beyond imagining in the deeply moving conclusion to Guy Gavriel Kay’s acclaimed Fionavar Tapestry. As the Unraveller’s armies assemble, those resisting him must call upon the most ancient of powers, knowing that if this realm of gods and magic is conquered by evil, the ripples of destruction will be felt across all worlds. But despite the sacrifices made and courage shown, all may be undone because of one child’s choice. For that one has been born of both Darkness and Light, and he alone must walk the darkest road as the fate of worlds hangs in the balance...

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Penguin

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1101664010

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9781101664018

Lionheart

By: Sharon Kay Penman

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Lionheart

By: Sharon Kay Penman

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The great Crusader king Richard the Lionheart comes alive in all his complex splendor in this masterpiece of medieval tapestry.”—Margaret George A.D. 1189. After the death of his father, Henry II, and the early demise of two of his brothers, Richard is crowned King of England and immediately sets off for the Holy Land. This is the Third Crusade, marked by internecine warfare among the Christians and extraordinary campaigns against the Saracens. Richard’s surviving brother, the younger John, is left behind—and conspires with the French king to steal his brother’s throne. Only their mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, now freed from decades of captivity, remains to protect Richard’s interests and secure his destiny. In this engrossing saga, Sharon Kay Penman delivers a novel of passion, intrigue, battle, and deceit. Lionheart is a sweeping tale of a heroic figure—feared by his enemies and beloved by those he commanded—who became a legend in his own lifetime. “[Sharon Kay] Penman displays her usual grasp of sweeping historical events as well as an uncanny ability to get inside the hearts and minds of her real-life characters. Her reputation for character-driven, solidly detailed historicals is richly deserved.”—Booklist “The beautifully described settings and the characters’ interactions are simply outstanding.”—The Historical Novels Review “Penman takes historical writing to a whole new level.”—The Sacramento Bee “[A] gritty, unsentimental, and richly detailed epic.”—Publishers Weekly Don’t miss the exclusive conversation between Sharon Kay Penman and Margaret George at the back of the book.

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Penguin

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1101547871

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9781101547878

A Song for Arbonne

By: Guy Gavriel Kay

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A Song for Arbonne

By: Guy Gavriel Kay

From the critically-acclaimed author of The Fionavar Tapestry comes an epic fantasy novel of love, both courtly and forbidden, and two kingdoms endlessly opposed... Blaise of Gorhaut is a warrior. He fought for his king and country, until the king died with an arrow in his eye at the battle of Iersen Bridge, and a dishonorable treaty ceded a good part of his country to foreign hands. He has broken relations with his father, adviser to the king of Gorhaut, and abandoned the use of his family name. Now, Blaise is a mercenary. He never expected to work for the lords of Arbonne, the warm, fertile lands south of Gorhaut, whose people praise the love of women—they even worship a goddess, instead of the god. They are a soft people, or so he thought. But for all their nonsense about love, their troubadours and songs, they will fight for their country, when invasion comes from the north.

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Penguin

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1101667435

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9781101667439

Aging by the Book

The Emergence of Midlife in Victorian Britain

By: Kay Heath

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Aging by the Book

The Emergence of Midlife in Victorian Britain

By: Kay Heath

Uncovers the origins of midlife anxiety in Victorian print culture.

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State University of New York Press

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0791477266

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9780791477267

A King's Ransom

By: Sharon Kay Penman

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A King's Ransom

By: Sharon Kay Penman

This "sequel to the national bestseller Lionheart is [the] ... story of the last event-filled years in the life of Richard, Coeur de Lion. Taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor while en route home--in violation of the papal decree protecting all crusaders--he was to spend fifteen months imprisoned, much of it in the notorious fortress at Trefils, from which few men ever left alive, while Eleanor of Aquitaine moved heaven and earth to raise the exorbitant ransom. For the five years remaining to him, betrayals, intrigues, wars, and illness were ever present"--

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Penguin

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0399159223

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9780399159220

The Summer Tree

By: Guy Gavriel Kay

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The Summer Tree

By: Guy Gavriel Kay

Taken to a realm of magic and war, five men and women from our world embark on an epic journey in the first novel in Guy Gavriel Kay’s classic, critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry. It begins with a chance meeting that introduces the five to a man who will change their lives: a mage who brings them to the first of all worlds, Fionavar. In this land of gods and myth, each of them is forced to discover what they are and what they are willing to do, as Fionavar stands on the brink of a terrifying war against a dark, vengeful god...

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1101663995

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9781101663998

Bin Laden's Nemesis

By: R. W. Kay

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Bin Laden's Nemesis

By: R. W. Kay

In 1990, the underground industry of importing arms to Ireland, from countries such as Libya, has gone into reverse. Arms are being exported to the highest bidder; one of whom is largely unknown in the West, a fledgling terrorist organisation calling itself al-Qaeda. Consequently, MI5 decide to infiltrate al-Qaeda and monitor the illegal trade. A linguist is required to undertake surveillance of the suspected exchange of arms between Irish and Spanish trawlers in the Isle of Man. Former Army Intelligence Corps major, Juan Quayle, fills the job specification perfectly.But Quayle begins to fear for his future when war breaks out between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Aided by the Russian liaison officer attached to an Armenian brigade, he returns to Britain, via Moscow, with considerable knowledge of al-Qaeda. After exhaustive debriefing, he retires to the Isle of Man, marries and begins a family. However, the tentacles of al-Qaeda reach him. The assassin’s plot destroys his wife, children and home, but Quayle, trapped in a cellar, survives. Seeking revenge, he joins MI6 where a plan to destroy al-Qaeda’s leader, Osama bin Laden, is carefully and meticulously put together. This tale of deception, politics and espionage raises questions about the events of 9/11 and asks why the west ever invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. It is the second of a trilogy, the first being A Nastia Game (Book Guild Publishing, 2009). Author R W Kay is inspired by a number of authors, including Rider Haggard, Ian Rankin and Dan Brown. Bin Laden’s Nemesis will appeal to fans of political thrillers.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1780881835

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9781780881836

Along the Huerfano River

By: Kay Beth Faris Avery

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Along the Huerfano River

By: Kay Beth Faris Avery

Long before English speakers set eyes upon it, the volcanic plug on the south bank of the Huerfano River was tagged with a moniker that means "the orphan." Spanish conquistadors saw it as a rock pile that God dumped in the middle of nowhere, an odd little cone far removed from the regular foothills edging the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range. In the 18th century, this outcropping and the river that bears the same name were famous landmarks for Native American tribes, Hispanic explorers, and French adventurers. Then in the 19th century, along came US mountain men, gold-seekers, cowboys, sheep ranchers, railroad workers, town developers, and coal miners from 31 different countries, speaking 27 different languages. Counterculture revolutionaries discovered the area in the 1960s and established five separate communes west of Walsenburg. Each wave of immigrants brought new perspectives and lifestyles.

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128

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439658722

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9781439658727

The Scottish World

A Journey Into the Scottish Diaspora

By: Billy Kay

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The Scottish World

A Journey Into the Scottish Diaspora

By: Billy Kay

Thaim wi a guid Scots tongue in their heid are fit tae gang ower the warld' In The Scottish World, renowned broadcaster Billy Kay takes us on a global journey of discovery, highlighting the extraordinary influence the Scots have had on communities and cultures on almost every continent. While others have questioned the self-confidence of the Scots, Kay has travelled the world from Bangkok to Brazil, Warsaw to Waikiki and found ringing endorsements for the integrity and intellect, the poetry and passion of the Scottish people in every country he has visited. He expands people's view of Scotland by relating remarkable stories of the wealthy Scottish merchant community in Gdansk; of national geniuses of Scots descent, such as Lermontov in Russia and Grieg in Norway; of an American Civil War blamed on Sir Walter Scott and initiated in the St Andrew's Society of Charleston; of inspirational missionaries in Calabar and Budapest; of Scotch professors establishing football in soccer strongholds such as Barcelona and São Paulo; of pioneers like Sandeman and Cockburn, and the Scottish roots of many of the great wines of Europe; and of their amazing involvement in liberation movements in Malawi, Chile, Peru, Greece, Corsica and India. The Scottish World is a celebration of the enormous contribution the Scots have made to the modern world.

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Random House

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1780574010

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9781780574011

The Psalms

By: William Kay

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The Psalms

By: William Kay

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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3368847465

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9783368847463

Fifty Stories

By: Kay Boyle

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Fifty Stories

By: Kay Boyle

Boyle, 50 Stories. An eloquent testament to the possibilities of living and writing.

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New Directions Publishing

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0811212068

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9780811212069

With Wings as Eagles

By: Nancy Kay Barnard

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With Wings as Eagles

By: Nancy Kay Barnard

Follow eighteen-year-old Jonathan and his best friend, Charlie, a Cherokee Indian, into the wilds of Northern Kentucky in 1856 to rescue Jonathan's father from a renegade tribe of Shawnee. Charlie and Jonathan depart the mountains of Western North Carolina on horseback and have many exciting adventures along the way. With Wings as Eagles is a novel of suspense and perilous episodes.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1098093666

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9781098093662

The Cult of Thomas Becket

History and Historiography through Eight Centuries

By: Kay Brainerd Slocum

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The Cult of Thomas Becket

History and Historiography through Eight Centuries

By: Kay Brainerd Slocum

On 29 December, 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was brutally murdered in his own cathedral. News of the event was rapidly disseminated throughout Europe, generating a widespread cult which endured until the reign of Henry VIII in the sixteenth century, and engendering a fascination which has lasted until the present day. The Cult of Thomas Becket: History and Historiography through Eight Centuries contributes to the lengthy debate surrounding the saint by providing a historiographical analysis of the major themes in Becket scholarship, tracing the development of Becket studies from the writings of the twelfth-century biographers to those of scholars of the twenty-first century. The book offers a thorough commentary and analysis which demonstrates how the Canterbury martyr was viewed by writers of previous generations as well as our own, showing how they were influenced by the intellectual trends and political concerns of their eras, and indicating how perceptions of Thomas Becket have changed over time. In addition, several chapters are devoted a discussion of artworks in various media devoted to the saint, as well as liturgies and sermons composed in his honor. Combining a wide historical scope with detailed textual analysis, this book will be of great interest to scholars of medieval religious history, art history, liturgy, sanctity and hagiography.

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Routledge

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1351593382

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9781351593380

The Life of Cicero

Lessons for Today from the Greatest Orator of the Roman Republic

By: Philip Kay-Bujak

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The Life of Cicero

Lessons for Today from the Greatest Orator of the Roman Republic

By: Philip Kay-Bujak

Cicero was Rome's greatest orator and one of the key statesmen of the late Roman Republic. He championed traditional Republican values against populist demagogues like Julius Caesar during a tumultuous period of civil war and unrest. During his term as consul (63 BCE), his decisive actions thwarted a plot to overthrow the Senate, controversially having the ringleaders executed. He outlived Caesar but then mounted a virulent opposition to Mark Antony, which led to Cicero's proscription and execution as an enemy of the state. The legacy of his speeches, letters and treatises on politics, law, oratory and other subjects endured, however, and was massively influential on Latin literature and, when rediscovered in the Middle Ages, formed one of the cornerstones of the Renaissance. The period in which Cicero flourished and died was one in which democracy was under attack from radical demagoguery and Philip Kay-Bujak believes his career holds important parallels and lessons for our own times. Written in a clear and accessible style, this fresh look at Cicero's life demonstrates his relevance to a modern audience.

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Pen and Sword History

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139909744X

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9781399097444

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